Worried about the likely infiltration of illegal miners and bandits displaced from Zamfara State, the Osun State Government Wednesday urged security stakeholders and traditional rulers to be at alert to prevent all forms of criminality.
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola said: “It has become imperative to put measures in place to checkmate the influx of displaced illegal miners to prevent the reverberation effect of the Zamfara State crisis in Osun.”
He spoke in Osogbo, the state capital, yesterday at a security sensitasation programme attended by traditional rulers, security operatives, civil society organisations, politicians, market women, community leaders and top government functionaries.
The governor spoke on the need for security powered by intelligence gathering, vigilance by traditional rulers in their domain and the need to alert security agents on their observation to prevent crime and criminality.
Some of the security…
